In the war between tech companies and the so-called patent trolls who sue them, the Supreme Court on Tuesday handed defense lawyers a powerful tool.
In an 8-1 decision involving a patent on a deep fryer, the high court raised the standards for finding that a defendant has induced infringement. Although the court upheld a $4.65 million infringement verdict for French home appliance company SEB S.A., the court rejected the standard for induced infringment applied by the Federal Circuit to reach the same conclusion.
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